The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
1:13 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.75° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.55° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.